 | John Pinkerton - 1812 - 914 lapas
...but rather fuffer themfelves to be fold, with a view, that during their fervitude they may get fome knowledge of the language and quality of the country,...and the like, that they may the better be able to confider what they mall do when they have got their liberty. Such fervants are taken preferable to... | |
 | Albert Bernhardt Faust - 1909 - 634 lapas
...get some knowledge of the language and qualities of the country and the like, that they may be better able to consider what they shall do, when they have got their liberty." Stories are found in German- American literature, of redemptioners,2 who concealed within a bundle... | |
 | Willie Lee Nichols Rose - 1999 - 558 lapas
...their servitude they may get a knowledge of the language and character of the country and the life, that they may the better be able to consider what they shall do when they have gotten their liberty. Such servants are preferable to all others, because they are not so expensive.... | |
 | Oscar Kuhns - 2009 - 276 lapas
...separated for years, perhaps forever.82 M See Fcnwick, Furley, Kalm, etc. 11 Kalm, vol. I. p. 304, says : "Many of the Germans who come hither bring money enough...what they shall do when they have got their liberty." Cf. also: "For many young people it is very good that they cannot pay their own freight. These will... | |
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When their time is expired, they get a new suit of clothes from their master, and some other things; he is likewise obliged to feed and clothe them during the years of their servitude. Many of the Germans who come hither, bring money enough with them... 